kevennys

== Finnish == === Etymology === keventää (“to lighten”) +‎ -ys === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkeʋenːys/, [ˈk̟e̞ʋe̞nːys̠] Rhymes: -eʋenːys Syllabification(key): ke‧ven‧nys Hyphenation(key): ke‧ven‧nys === Noun === kevennys lightening (act of making lighter in weight) lightening (act of making less serious) comic relief (inclusion of a humorous character or scene in an otherwise serious work) icebreaker (game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to relax a group of people) tax cut; short for veronkevennys (“tax cut”) (equestrianism) posting (rising and sinking in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kevennys”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023